TimeShift issue 35 highlights the excitement surrounding the upcoming GrafanaCon EU, with only a few Angel tickets remaining, the proceeds of which will benefit the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The conference in Amsterdam promises two days of engaging talks on Grafana and the open-source monitoring community, featuring over 30 speakers and networking opportunities. Grafana 5.0 beta 1 has been released with UX and UI improvements ahead of the stable release. The newsletter also shares insights from various blog posts on topics such as load testing with Apache Jmeter on Kubernetes, using AWS Lambda with Grafana for sentiment analysis, and creating Grafana dashboards with Influx and PowerShell. Additionally, Grafana Labs is hiring, inviting those passionate about open-source software to join their team. The issue concludes with an invitation for feedback and engagement through social media and the Grafana community forum.